Arrow: (Grinning while everyone has their head down)

Kaiba: (get's in the room) Huh...what's going on here.

Joey: Arrow found the entire first season of Yu-gi-oh, which she had been searching for for 5 years.

Kaiba: So? She saw that one years ago, it's thanks to us that she's an anime addict now.

Bakura: (laying down on the bed and grinning) Not that one idiot, the other first season.

Kaiba: You mean...the one...

Bakura: Yea, the one where you have green hair and orange eyes. Now she's got blackmail material for all of you, you sure did some really stupid things back then. Seems it even got remasterised so the images are not so ugly anymore.

Kaiba: That sure don't seem to be bothering you.

Bakura: (grinning) I was cool, evil and good looking even back then, unlike you all who made total fools of yourselves all the time.

Tristan: Hey, that's not true.

Bakura: Keep telling you that, Janitor boy who couldn't make it president.

Tristan: IT'S BEAUTIFICATION MEMBER!!

Arrow: OMG!!

Everyone: What??

Arrow: Seems like there is a new Yu-Gi-Oh series out...Damn Kazuki Takahashi must be ready to kill himself.

Joey: What is it about?

Arrow: Well...apparently there are those five people who are descendant of some ancient Inca people who summoned a dragon to protect themselves from I don't know what. These people seems to have dragons and...from what I see they appear to be dueling on motorcycle...Wow, seems even less worth watching then GX and capsule monster..., wtf is that actually.

Everyone: Oo''''''''''''''''''''

Arrow: And apparently 4kids already brought the rights and started to show it this month...once again cutting out all the violence, changing the entire story, making card game the most important thing in life and of course giving everyone crappy voices...the usual

Everyone: --'''''''''''

Arrow: OK, let's get this started...I have almost nothing planned out...but I'll be fine, I guess...By the way, have you ever seen snakes on a plane? I did yesterday, should be a comedy, I sear I kept laughing, it was so stupid. Obviously the person who wrote that doesn't know anything about snakes.

Chapter 28: Reborn

Anzu smiled widely as she stepped backstage, the crowd was still cheering loudly, asking her for a fourth encore. However, as much as she loved pleasing her fans, it had been a while since she performed on stage so she wasn't used to it anymore and she was five months pregnant. She couldn't believe this was actually happening, that she really did a show and that people actually came to see her. She arrived in New-York only one week ago to see some friends and somehow she ended up doing a show these friends planned in her back. Until the last moment she had been reticent about the whole thing, but as soon as she stepped on the stage all her worried disappeared as she let all the wonderful feeling dancing gave her take over, she had even forgotten how good it felt to be on stage and dance.

"That was awesome Anzu!!"

"See, we told you, you are born for this!"

Before she could move all her friends, came around her, congratulating her for the show and checking up on her, asking if she was tired, if she wanted to lay down or something. Since she arrived in New-York they did nothing but take care of her and the baby became the center of attention and Anzu had a lot of fun with them, they all got her gifts and wanted to know everything about it and of course the famous Seto Kaiba. All of them had been surprised and a little sad to find out her and Seto where not together even after all this time.

Anzu had to admit that at first she was sad too when Seto told her he wanted to wait, she felt like she had been rejected, she spent the few first days locked up in her room crying all the tears of her body like a little girl, she wondered why he wouldn't be with her, he said he loved her and he knew she loved him so why did he say he wanted to wait, what was there to wait for? However, as days passed she started to calm down and think about everything that happened and how she started to have feelings for the young CEO. It was true she had some feelings for him back in high school, Meyli loved to tease her about it, but she never really paid attention to her feelings, he had never been kind to her or her friends so she merely discarded then as purely physical, even she couldn't deny that Seto was really attractive. After that she moved to New-York and practically forgot about him, she fell in love with Raven, a caring guy who would call her just to hear the sound of her voice.

Of course after a few months he changed, she remembered the first time he hit her, they were having a fight, it was so stupid she couldn't even recall what it was about, but both of them being stubborn people they refused to step down and the argument grew. She could instantly see the pain, guilt, shame and regret in his eyes after he hit her, she knew he was truly sorry, and she loved him, as after a few days she forgave him. She was happy with him for a few weeks, until it happened again, and again and finally it happened almost on a daily basis. After that, her feelings became all mixed up, without her realizing it, love became fear and she became trapped in this relationship, believing she loved him even after his death. She couldn't tell when she stopped loving him or figuring out what she even felt for him, he made her a total mess.

When she moved back in Domino she hoped it would be a new start for them both, but deep down she knew it wouldn't, then she saw Seto, still as handsome as ever, if not more, but something was different about him, he was more caring he showed his feelings more, her feelings for him came back but she tried to suppress them, she knew they would get her in trouble. She hadn't realized it at first but physical attraction turned to love and she felt like in a dream, she hadn't feel like that in years. When Raven arrived everything crashed down, she could no longer see Seto, after years of bowing down to Raven she was unable to leave him or go against his wish.

Then there was that night, that time she was standing outside in the rain, she tried to push her again, she thought she had finally accepted that they could never be, however, he showed her that he cared, brought her to his house and gave her everything she needed and more, he promised her he would keep her safe from Raven. That night was the best night she ever had, she didn't regret anything she did except leaving in the morning...if only Raven hadn't called or Seto had been awake, he would have stop her from making the biggest mistake of her life. She would have been safe in the mansion, she knew it, but Raven had her wrapped around his finger, she couldn't even consider the idea of not obeying him, it was carved in her head through years of manipulation.

It took her a month to understand what Seto wanted by pushing her away, he didn't want her to be hurt and he didn't want her to feel forced to be with him because of the baby or just because she needed someone and he happened to be there. Once she realized his reason, she was glad he did, as much as she loved him, she wasn't in any state to get in a relationship, she had to sort out her feelings and move on before she was ready to be with someone, it wouldn't be fair to Seto.

Forgiving herself was hard a lot harder, for the first month or so she completely cut herself from the rest of the world, she didn't want to hear about it, hear people calling her a murderer, Raven's mother crying on TV asking for justice. She asked Seto at least twelve times if he paid someone to get her out of this mess and each time he would answer the same thing: "I didn't need to because you are innocent.". But Anzu wasn't so sure of it. She spent night torturing herself, thinking back to each day she spent with him, asking herself what else she could have done and wondering why she didn't left him. Her salvation came after the second month when she found an old diary in the stuffs Seto brought from her house, it dated from when she first came to New-York.

It dated from her first days in New-York and related her first impression on everything, how impressed she was by the city and how afraid she was to be around so many people. The culture was so different, she had felt outcast, people where so different from here in Japan and at school everyone was so competitive, she had little friends in school, other students hated her for her skills. She felt so lost and depressed, she was ready to give up everything and go back home when she met Raven. He was Japanese, he understood her and helped her out, she made a lot of friends thanks to him, he made her feel so much better and in a way saved her, without him she would have gave up on her dreams. If she had left him, she was afraid she would lose all that, the support he was giving her, her friends and maybe even her chances at becoming famous, he might have never bragged about it, but she knew his parents were huge sponsor to the school and that in show business a bad relationship can destroy you. She acted cowardly, too afraid of what could happen to let him go, she was always surrounded with friends and she didn't want to be alone again.

The next day, after reading her diary, she woke up feeling lighter than she did in years, it felt like a thousand pounds had been removed from her shoulder. That morning she went downstairs to get breakfast and smiled at Seto, he was surprised to find her in such a good mood, it had been a while since she smiled. After that day she slowly worked to take back her life, sometimes it was hard trying to ignore other people or what her own mind was telling her, but every steps of the way her friends where there and especially Seto. It surprised her how different his deep blue eyes were, before they were just endless pits of cold ice and now she could see all his emotion like they were an open window to his heart and she liked what she was seeing.

Almost everyday she'd catch him staring at her absentmindedly with a dreamy look, his eyes showing nothing but pure love, deeper everyday. She often found herself thinking about him over the past few months, the more time passed, the more she learned to know him and the more she loved him too. As much as she was grateful that he gave her the time to put herself together, she wanted more now, she knew her feelings for him and she wanted to give it a try.

Then, last week as they were eating dinner he told her he had to go to New-York for two week to do some business and asked her if she wanted to come. She instantly refused, New-York was where this whole mess started and she wanted nothing to do with it anymore, she feared it would bring back painful memories or that she might end up seeing people she didn't want to see. However Seto knew how to be a convincing person and never backed down when he thought he was right about something. He told her going there would help her put everything behind her, that she had to face it to make it go away and that seeing her friends from America would help.

Of course she didn't want to, but in the end she let him convince her and there she was, in New-York. She discovered Seto had a meddling side, somehow he got her friends numbers and told them she was coming so when she arrived, all her friends she totally ignored in the past months were there warmly welcoming her and treating her like a friend. She spent the entire day with them, at first they asked about her, how she was feeling and if she needed anything, then they apologized for not seeing there was something wrong and not being able to help her or Raven. Never once did they blame her, they said they knew she didn't mean to and that it was sad things ended up this way but there was nothing she could have done. Anzu was surprised, of all the people she expected would hate her, they were on top of the list, they had been friends with Raven way longer than with her. At one point the idea of doing a show popped up, when she was still at school they used to make performance in various clubs of the city to get some money, so with some financial support from Seto they ended up doing the biggest show they ever did and it was a huge success.

Now she felt as if all that was part of another life, as if she was reborn, or perhaps it was the old her that came back...or a mix of both. She knew what happened in the past years changed her forever, she realized that she could not stand having people yelling around her, it was making her uneasy and sudden movements scared her. She was ready to move on but she knew some things would take more time.

While her friends were telling her how great she was, she saw him, he was laying against the wall a little way back. She knew Seto wasn't a lover of mob and therefor would wait patiently for his turn to talk to her. But she didn't need him to say anything to understand what was going through his mind, she could see it all in his eyes: admiration, pride and dare she say it: love.

"I don't care what the world says about him." Shirley, her ex-roommate told her, whispering in her ear. "That guy is just so totally y love with you and I can tell you love him just as much. What are you waiting for?"

Her other friends nodded, grinning at her. "It's complicated." Anzu lowered her head but still looked at Seto out the corner of her eyes, she saw him raise an eyebrow, no doubt wondering about her sudden behavior.

Shirley sighed. "I know it's not easy, I'm sure it's hard to let someone near you like that again. But one day you'll have to get over it and give someone the change to love you and make you happy. I think you are ready, you just have to get over your fears."

"I don't know..."

"Well then, we'll help you figure it out." As Shirley said those words two of her other friends grabbed her arms and pulled her in front of Seto.

"Hey wait!" Anzu tried to protest but before she had the time to do anything she was in front of Seto, who was looking at them with an amused look, Anzu looked down, a light blush on her cheeks.

"Well then." Shirley said, "We'll see you tomorrow Anzu." She leaned in closer while the other girls goggled. "Then you can tell us all the juicy details." Anzu blushed even more as Shirley whispered those words, loud enough for Seto to hear. "Bye!" They all left quickly, still giggling, waving back at them.

"Sorry about that." Anzu said after a few moments of silence. She dared to take a peek at him and was relieve to see him actually smiling.

"It's alright, I get that a lot lately. Something actually tells me Meyli might have something to do with this." The young CEO replied simply, his sister had been on his back for the last few months and he knew she was the kind of person capable of actually getting people she didn't even knew in her plan to make him and Anzu an official couple. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm tired." Anzu replied simply.

"Then let's get back to the hotel." Seto said, handing her hey coat and leading the way outside.

The ride home was silent, Anzu was lost in thoughts concerning her and Seto. She knew she loved him, she kept looking at him whenever she could, she blushed when he was near her and she felt sad when he wasn't. She wanted to be with him, yet at the same time she was afraid. After what happened with Raven she was reluctant to offer her heart to someone else, she feared she might be hurt again and she didn't know if she could live through that again. Halfway to the hotel Anzu fell asleep, her head slid down until it rested against Seto's shoulder. In her sleeping state she grabbed the fabric of his sleeve and sighed with content, a blissful smile on her lips, Seto smiled softly and couldn't resist passing his hand through her hair.

Anzu woke up, she had no idea why, everything was pitch black and it was complete silence around her. She had the feeling something was missing. Once her eyes adjusted to the darkness she looked around, she was in her hotel room, but how did she get there? The last thing she remembered was being in the limo with Seto, so she must have felt asleep and he brought her all the way here. Realizing she was still in her scene attire she decided to change in something more comfortable.

After putting on a light blur nightgown Anzu tried to get back to sleep but that weird feeling of emptiness just wouldn't go away. She didn't need to wonder about this feeling, she always felt that way after being close to Seto, it was him she missed. She looked at the alarm clock, it was two in the morning, surely Seto was asleep at such a time. After some arguing with herself she finally decided to go and check to prove herself right and try to make that feeling disappear.

She slowly walked toward the door of her room, she opened it silent and sighed, she could see a faint light through the halfway opened door of his room on the other side of the living room. Figures, it's just like him to still be up at such a late hour, most likely working on top of that. She thought. Now she had two choices, pretend he was asleep and try to get back to sleep or go see him and tell him how she felt. The thought of doing so scared her, she didn't want to go through what happened with Raven all over again. But her friends were right, if she kept running away she would never totally heal and she would mess all the chances she had of ever being loved.

Bitting her lower lip she advanced slowly toward his room, once in front of the door she tool a silent deep breath and peeked inside. Sure enough, he was sitting on his bed with his laptop in front of him, fixing the screen and typing quickly on the keyboard. He was wearing a dark blue pyjama pants without any shirt, giving Anzu a nice view of his lean and well-toned chest, his hairs were disheveled and some bangs were falling in front of his eyes. His mere sight was almost making her drool. Trying her best, and failing miserably, not to stare she considered the option of turning around when, as if sensing he was being watched, he stopped his work and looked at her. Her eyes widened and she resisted the urge of backing away, she had to do it. Fortunately Seto spared her the pain of figuring out what to say.

"Is everything alright?" He asked with the soft and caring tone he always used when talking to her, motioning for her to come in.

"I... couldn't sleep." She said sheepishly, taking a few steps in the room.

Seto closed his laptop and put it on the nightstand before getting up and approach her. "What's on your mind?" He said, raising her chin so that she was looking at him, she had the habit of fleeing his gaze and it bothered him.

Anzu gulped, god did she loved it when he did that, his finger brushing against her neck were sending shivers down her spine and she was so close to him she could feel the heat radiating from his body. It was more than she could take, giving in to her feelings she closed her eyes and stood on her toes as she locked lips with him. Anzu felt delicious sensation flow through her entire body as Seto quickly answered to her kiss.

After a few moments of pure bliss she felt Seto push against her, reluctantly she let him broke the kiss, the feeling of his lips still lingering on hers. Their lips were only millimeters apart, she could tell by looking at his eyes that he was doing great efforts not to close the almost nonexistent gap between them. "You don't have to do this." His lips brushed against hers as he whispered those words.

"Anzu smiled, looking up in his icy blue eyes. "I know." That was all Seto needed before claiming her lips and sneaking his arms around her waist, kissing her with all the passion he kept bottled up fo the past five months. He had waited to long for this and this time he wouldn't let anything take her away from him.

Arrow: Wait... I really wrote that? (light blush) please be kind, I really don't feel comfortable about writing that kind of romance or slightly sexual kinda stuff. I wish I could still say it's because I never kissed anyone though, now instead of not knowing what it truly feels like I think about my heartbreaking three days relationship, it kinda crushed my romantic side and my love of love(kick ex-boyfriend where it hurts) Why am I even still friend with that jerk. Still, if there is one thing worst than not having experience, it's having bad experience. Which is why it took me one more week to write this chapter, I really wanted to make it as good as I could and it took me some time to actually go through with this.

Well that was the last chapter of this story. Now what happens after that...I don't know I didn't stay to watch them. I'll probably write more story, though I'll hide for the next two weeks, I have mid term exam coming (gosh it's almost mid term already) so before that is done I won't write.

Still. Don't forget to review, it's your last chance for this story.